Mike Belshe: Bitcoin Embodies American Values and the American Dream
In a series of tweets, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe argued that Bitcoin's decentralized, permissionless nature aligns with the foundational principles of the United States, calling it a 'values system' that extends the American Dream globally. He emphasized that sound money treats everyone equally and that Bitcoin fixes the flaws of traditional finance.
The Declaration of Independence wasn't a financial document. But it was a financial statement. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness — none of it works if someone else controls your money. Bitcoin fixes that.
Bitcoin isn't just a technology. It's a values system. And those values have a name: America. 🧵🇺🇸
Bitcoin doesn't care if you're Black, white, rich, poor, documented or not. No credit score. No branch required in your neighborhood. The same rules apply to everyone, everywhere, always. That's not just crypto — that's the American promise.
Sound money is the ultimate meritocracy. Your savings can't be diluted by political connections. Inflation doesn't hit the wealthy — it hits the poor hardest. Bitcoin treats every dollar equally because it treats every person equally.
The American Dream is the idea that anyone — regardless of where they were born — can build a better life through hard work and ingenuity. Bitcoin takes that dream global. You don't need to be born here to live by these values. You just need a phone.
America wasn't built by people who accepted the status quo. It was built by people who said: this system is broken — let's build a better one. Satoshi said the same thing in 2008. The spirit is identical.
Freedom. Sovereignty. Equal opportunity. No discrimination. Built on math, not trust. Bitcoin isn't un-American. Bitcoin IS American — and it's carrying those values to the rest of the world. 🇺🇸